Tel Aviv’s first mayor Meir Dizengoff spurred the initiative for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art which was founded in his home in 1932. During its formative years, the museum displayed works by international Jewish artists, mainly of the Paris school, including Marc Chagall – who was involved in the museum’s establishment – Man? Katz, Lassar Uri and Modigliani. ‘Eretz Israel’ artists such as Rubin, Gutman, Zaritsky, Lubin and Anna Ticho were also featured. Expansion followed a decade of operations, with the museum becoming a concert-hosting cultural centre. In the 1950s a larger building was needed, and a new wing – the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art (see below) was constructed. The museum’s new main building on Shaul Ha’melech Boulevard was inaugurated in 1971 and has since become the home of the museum’s collections and temporary exhibitions, and a setting for a wide range of cultural activities; its two auditoria are used regularly for concerts, films and other arts events. The museum’s current collection comprises some 40,000 items displayed throughout an area of 5,000 square metres. European art from the 16th to 19th centuries is represented by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, the Simon and Marie Jaglom Collection and the Moshe and Sara Mayer Collection, and 20th-century art by the Mizne-Blumental Collection; Israeli art and a special exhibit of the Collection of Jacques Lipshitz Sculptures are also featured. Further expansion in 1987 resulted in the establishment of the Art Education Center at 8 Dubnov Street (see p XX) which has become the museum’s key educational resource.